This paper sorts out the influencing factors on damage effectiveness of shaped charge and summarizes the latest achievements of SC based on a large amount of relevant references.The basic concept and general structure of shaped charge were given.The action mechanism of the five main factors affecting the armor breaking efficiency of shaped charge, such as explosive charge, charge liner, shell, detonation wave front control and operation condition, is discussed in detail.Some recent research work and relevant findings about damage effectiveness of shaped charge both at home and abroad were reviewed.All influencing factors are divided into interior and external categories.The chart of influencing factors on damage effectiveness of shaped charge was drawn.Hot technologies of shaped charge design were summarized.The results have some reference value for shaped charge designers.